Star connections

Birthdays are the time when we feel joyful. We get gifts and blessings. The whole world looks charming and people around us more cheerful. Those sweet memories keep lingering in our mind.

Contrary to popular belief, many luminaries also celebrate their birthdays. Sometimes their birthday falls on the same day or month as their fans.

After noticing that, some people begin to boast that he or she was born on the same day when a certain famous personality was born. Many of them also believe that they will definitely become as famous as their icons. But it rarely happens, because only a few of them notice the struggle made by their heroes, get inspired and try to become like them.

My birthday also passed by recently. My uncle came to wish me and said, “Do you know that many famous people like Victoria Beckham, William Shakespeare, Chetan Bhagat, Sanjeev Kapoor and Sachin Tendulkar were born in this month? That means you will also become famous like them, one day.”

For a moment, I also felt proud. But then I realised that if his observation was true, then everyone would have been successful by now.

Can we become famous only by sharing birthdays with famous people? I don’t think so, because I have met two people who were born on the same day and the same time in the same locality. While one of them is a renowned doctor, the other one is still living an ordinary life in his village.

If someone wants to become like a famous personality, what matters most is the hope and will and the hard work they do. One must be ready to face the struggle the successful people have passed through before getting the name and fame.

(Published in The Gulf Today on May 4, 2013)